A Wildflower Box

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a project featuring a Sale-A-Bration item. I decided to focus on my favorite SAB item: Wildflower Fields DSP. I love the patterns and color combinations in this stack. To help highlight the paper, I decorated a gift box. This was the January Stamp Club 3D project in fact! I modified some instructions i had and created an extra large bow to go on top of the box. I also added a belly band for more visual interest, a flower in the center of the bow and a gift tag. Overall a super cute box! My stamp club ladies made variations using different paper and pattern combos.

To make the bow, you need four pieces of DSP:

3" x 11" -- top loop
3" x 9" -- middle loop
3" x 7" -- base

Punch the three large strips in the middle. Fold over the ends of the top and middle piece and secure with glue dots to create the loops. Layer and glue together. Finish the card off with a strip around the middle section and punch the tails.

To make the belly band, you need two pieces of DSP each 3" x 12". Glue together and lay flat. At one end, score at 4 1/2" and 6 1/4". Start at the 6 1/4" score mark and score from there at 6 1/4". Finally score at 4 1/2" from the last score mark. This should wrap around the box and be able to be attached at the top under the bow.

Detail of the bow:

Detail of the gift tag:

Stamps: Happy Happenings
Inks: Calypso Coral
Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP; Calypso Coral
Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape; Gold Sequins; Candy Dots
Tools: Envelope Punch Board; Scallop Tag Topper Punch; Flower Medallion Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch

SSINKIC29: Lots of Hearts

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card inspired by the picture below.

I decided to play off of the multiple colored chocolate covered strawberries. I layered some similarly colored hearts. A few of the hearts I added a stamped flower for added visual appeal. Two of them were covered in Wink of Stella. From there, I layered on some neutral DSP, a Rose Red flag, and a sentiment. As a finishing touch, I added a few candy dots. Super cute Valentine's Day themed card.

Detail of the Wink of Stella:

Stamps: Hello Life; A Whole Lot of Lovely (flower)
Inks: Rose Red; Blushing Bride
Cardstock: Neutrals DSP; Rose Red; Blushing Bride; Gold; Sahara Suede
Accessories: Candy Dots; Wink of Stella Clear
Tools: Sweetheart Punch

A Wildly Patterned Birthday

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a birthday card. I bought the Botanical Gardens suite and dove right in playing with color and pattern. I love this background DSP, but feel like it is a very busy. Whatever is layered with it needs to temper the pattern a bit. I layered some cardstock and looked around my stash for some accessories. Enter elements from the Tin of Cards Kit. I had bought the kit for my grandmother, but ended up using just the tin. That left me with all the card pieces. I layered a few pieces and completed this birthday card!

A bit of detail...

Stamps:
Inks: Old Olive
Cardstock: Botanical Gardens DSP; Cajun Craze; Crushed Curry; Polka Dot Overlay (Tin of Cards Kit); Happy Birthday (Tin of Cards Kit); Strip of Gold (Tin of Cards Kit)
Accessories: Regal Candy Dots
Tools:

Using Positive and Negative Cuts

My demo friend and I figured out that we have have very similar styles, but don't have the same stamp sets. Why don't we swap some stamp sets occasionally? Perfect plan! This bast month I gave her the Baker's Box Thinlits and Homemade for You stamp set and she gave me Hello You Thinlits and Crazy About You stamp set. I had to make a few cards with her products... The Hello You Thinlits made the cutest cut out words. Even the negative pieces are amazingly versatile. So I made two two cards out of one piece of pool party cardstock. From there I layered some Schoolhouse DSP and a pretty stamped flower. Simple but striking cards.

Stamps: Crazy About You
Inks: Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Schoolhouse DSP; Tangerine Tango; Pool Party; Whisper White
Accessories: Candy Dots
Tools: Hello You Thinlits; Medallion Punch

Kissed Flowers

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the kissing technique. Have you ever tired the kissing technique before? It's so simple and really makes stamps more versatile. Take a more solid stamp, ink it up, "kiss" it to a pattern stamp, and stamp your piece of cardstock. The I Think You're Great stamp set has two great patterned stamps to choose from.

I kissed my flower stamps to the flower patterned stamp from I Think You're Great. From there I built an all purple card. Can you tell that purple is my favorite color? I used four of the five purple hues from Stampin' Up. I just didn't get around to incorporating Blackberry Bliss. After stampin the flowers, I added a die cut and stamped sentiment and my favorite embellishments: candy dots.

Stamps: Crazy About You; I Think You're Great
Inks: Wisteria Wonder; Perfect Plum; Rich Razzleberry; Elegant Eggplant
Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder; Perfect Plum
Accessories: Candy Dots
Tools: Flower Medallion Punch; Hello You Thinlits

Butterflies Peeking Through

A good friend of mine is a fellow demonstrator. We have the same style in cards, but often buy different stamp sets and products. What if we occasionally borrowed each other's sets? Sounds like a perfect plan! For August and part of September, I gave her my Homemade for You stamp set and Baker's Box thinlits while she gave me her Crazy About You stamp set and Hello You thinlits. While I had them, I had to make a few cards. The card below was taken from a sketch inspiration. I love how the pattern paper is tempered by the piece of white. But we also get the visual interest of the die cut "hello." Very cute card!

Stamps: Crazy About You
Inks: Pacific Point; Calypso Coral
Cardstock: Calypso Coral; Pretty Petals DSP; Whisper White
Accessories: Candy Dots
Tools: Hello You Thinlits; Medallion Punch